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Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies arrested one of their own Sunday over a domestic violence dispute in Lake Park.

Deputy Arturo Ramirez, 21, was arrested at 5:35 a.m. during an argument among Ramirez, his wife and a friend of his wife's, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera.

Ramirez was booked into Palm Beach County Jail and charged with battery - touch or strike.

Ramirez, who was hired in January, was placed is currently on administrative leave with pay, Barbera said.

Palm Beach County

Teacher is suspended

The Palm Beach County School Board on Wednesday voted to suspend veteran Palm Beach County teacher Paula Prudente for 10 days without pay for sending politically charged e-mails at work last year.

Prudente, 54, said she will appeal the punishment, which is to begin Jan. 4. The reading teacher from John I. Leonard High in Greenacres said she is on sick leave.

Administrators said Prudente defied warnings and repeatedly sent e-mails with "political innuendos" in violation of School Board policy. The e-mails included criticisms of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama.

In an interview, Prudente called the suspension a "wrongful retaliation" for her attempt to expose school district corruption.

The School Board also voted to fire teacher Jill Shadoff, who was arrested earlier this year on a drug trafficking charge.

The board also fired maintenance worker Hurney Mincey, who was accused of bringing a loaded gun on a school campus.

Palm Beach County

Holocaust film shown

For most viewers, Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis is about a long-forgotten chapter of Holocaust.

Killing Kasztner will be shown Friday at the Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave., and the Mos' Art Theater, 700 Park Ave., West Palm Beach. The film also will be shown Friday at The Movies of Delray Beach, 7421 W. Atlantic Ave.

South Florida

Rain may delay work

Commuters who take Interstate 95 to Miami may start seeing the plastic poles designating new express lanes during rush hour Thursday morning, if South Florida's weather cooperates.

Crews were set to begin installing the poles to mark the express lanes on Wednesday night, but rain was forecast. Brian Rick, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation, said rain affects the epoxy used to install the poles in the pavement, and would delay the work.